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Theme #20: RGBA(1)

Mobile bloggers: have you ever wanted to change your desktop theme, but were forced to wait till you got to a computer? Have you found yourself wishing the colors on your mobile theme would synchronize across devices so you wouldn’t end up with clashing color schemes, but (understandably) don’t want to use Optica? Look no further.

This is the first theme from my new RGBA() series, a line of simple, light, accessible themes that take under two minutes to fully set up. Because they are designed for quick use, these themes are ideal for anyone who wants a clean desktop theme without spending ages getting it to look right. And this is the best part - its colors synchronize with your mobile theme, so you can control how your blog looks from anywhere.

The series is named after the syntax for semi-transparent colors for a good reason - it recycles varying opacities of a single accent color throughout the page, creating a harmonious look with very little effort on the user’s part. Regardless of whether you’d rather use custom colors on desktop or you prefer the mobile-optimized version, the theme only needs three colors from you - text color, the background for the text, and an accent.

I’d really appreciate reblogs on this one, the better to help people who could really use something like this haha.

Previews:

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Other features and code under the cut:

Sock Journal: Our Proudest Year Yet

Every year we do a round-up of our rainbow socks for June, which we hold dear as Pride Month! In past years we’ve even branched out to suggest styles and combinations of styles which best represent the other pride flags, but this year we went ahead and made our own! Additionally, we’ve been rethinking our rainbows and adding exciting new variations, because whatever kind of pride you wish to express, we want to have you covered!

Because we know that pride month is about more than rainbows, we created our own line of Proud Stripes after receiving requests for them last June. We started with four different flag stripes, and it immediately became clear that four wasn’t enough! Now we have seven different colorways and two different lengths, by popular demand!

Proud Stripes in Pink Rainbow are based off the original Pride Flag designed by Gilbert Baker.

Neon Pink/Neon Purple/Turquoise stripes represent the Pansexual Pride flag.

Columbia/Rose/White stripes for Trans Pride.

Black/Grey/White/Purple stripes make an Asexual Pride flag.

Purple/White/Kelly stripes for Genderqueer Pride.

Neon Yellow/White/Purple/Black stripes form the Nonbinary Pride flag.

Neon Pink/Purple/Royal stripes represent Bisexual Pride.

In fact we love our Proud Stripes so much that our Pride Month seasonal logo sticker currently features the pink rainbow stripes! Add one to your next order for free, but don’t wait too long - she’s only available while supplies last!

Speaking of pink rainbows, this year we got inspired by the softer side of this favorite and versatile colorway. Introducing two lighter, retro-style rainbows: Pastel Rainbow and Sidewalk Chalk!

Most recently we were inspired to bring in some vertical rainbow stripes, but then we thought we’d mix things up even further… in our new Dreamer Nocturnal Rainbows and Dreamer Laser Rainbows, you can decide if you want the full spectrum, all warm tones, or all cool tones! Since the full rainbow features one cool leg and one warm leg, you can buy two pairs (either two rainbow or one each of the warm and cool options) and have the option to wear them as all three configurations!

Dreamer Nocturnal Rainbows feature our regenerated cotton yarns and muted color pallet from our Harvest Rainbows.

Dreamer Laser Rainbows feature our high quality acrylic yarns, in the same bold, bright colors as our Radiant Rainbows.

Of course, we’ve still got a whole array of our regularly scheduled rainbows and gifts for Pride to choose from, so even if our innovative new styles for Pride aren’t quite You, you should be able to find something that is! Just remember this one important thing…. we are incredibly proud of our amazing, unique customer base, and we wouldn’t change a single one of you. Happy Pride Month!

GAY Crews * Rainbow Giftcard * QUEER PRIDE Knee Highs

Hair

Egg & olive oil hair mask || DIY hot oil treatment || DIY hair detox || Lavender hair spritz || Vinegar hair rinses || All sorts of braids || Ways to wear a bow || 6 ways to wear a scarf || Hair masterpost || Disney Princess hairstyle masterpost ||

Scalp

Coconut oil scalp treatment || Brown sugar scalp scrub || Scalp saver ||

Eyebrows

Eyebrow shaping 101 || Exfoliate your eyebrows || Drawing on eyebrows || Filling in eyebrows || Fuller eyebrows ||

Skin

Figure out your skin type || Strawberry acne mask || Banana honey mask || Avocado face mask || Yogurt face mask || Acne guide || Honey cinnamon mask ||

Nose

Properties of different essential oils || Properties of scents || Aromatherapy in your kitchen: herbs || Aromatherapy in your kitchen: spices ||

Lips

Getting rid of dry lips 101 || Exfoliating sugar scrub || DIY Lip balm || DIY fuller lips ||

Makeup

How to make your eyes stand out || How to wear red lipstick || Makeup masterpost || DIY crayon lipstick || Make your own eyeshadow || 7 fun eye looks || Makeup tips blog ||

Ears

Nature sounds || Rain sounds || Noise machines || Cafe noises || Various noises & color generator || Create music || Various sounds || Nature sound mixer ||

Taste

Properties of spices || Healthy & tasty snacks || Nutella hot chocolate || Cheap, tasty, healthy snacks || Recipe for every starbucks drink & pastry ||

Nails & Hands

At-home manicure || Quick nail art || Nail art tutorials || DIY sugar scrub || 8 moisturizing hand masks || Dry hand treatment ||

Back

Basic back stretches ||

Stomach

Abdominal self-massage || Snacks that improve digestion ||

Legs

Exfoliate legs with sugar || Getting the perfect shave || Basic leg stretches || Leg self-massage ||

Feet & Toenails

Perfect DIY Pedicure || Dirty feet scrub || Remedies for cracked heels || Whiten yellow toenails || Extreme toe makeover || Vinegar foot soak || Detox foot soak ||

Misc

a super quick tutorial on how I make wooden board textures. (sorry for the handwriting)

I like making the textures myself, so I can mess with them and embed them easily

here are some examples:

Monster Milktruck is a very odd blend of driving and Google Earth that allows you to drive a milk truck across real world environments.

hi! i’m going to talk about some really great stim toys today, since i’ve seen a lot of posts about chewable necklaces and pendants!

my amazing, incredible mom started a company when her baby niece’s mother passed away that sells chewable jewelry. her main market is parents, since babies like to play with jewelry when they teethe.

however, she has recently said she’s interested in branching out and reaching kids, teens, and adults who need something to fidget and chew with. i would like to direct the stim community on tumblr to her website, where you can buy many different things!

if you like fun shapes and letters, we have those here!

heart shapes can be found here!

beads are fun to slide and chew; find them here!

bracelets are elegant and discreet and they can be found here!

fun colors and patterns on the classic donut pendant are here!

glitter lovers- we have shimmery pendants here!

try triangle and square pendants!

or chunky cube shapes here!

try glow in the dark!

we also have scented ones, simple solid color ones, and many more! please check it out!

ALRIGHT SO my pal @kalreyno wanted help with drawing fat characters and as a fat artist i felt like i could give a bit of helpful insight on that. there’s also been a lot of complaining about “boo hoo fat characters are hard to draw so i can’t include them in my work Ever” goin on lately so if that’s your case then this is for you too!! and also just for anyone who would like help with fat bodies in general, ofc. anyway, let’s get this show on the road!!

let’s start with some common misconceptions. these are the two main attempts at chubby bodies i run into, so i’ll focus on them. 

the Anime Chubby i see everywhere, and it’s just……so wrong in many ways. first of all, there is almost no additional body fat compared to your average thin character - except for where it’s added in “attractive” places (breasts, hips, thighs). the breasts are way too perky, and don’t have the realistic shape fat would give them (though how to draw accurate breasts is another tutorial all on its own lmao). there is still a thigh gap, which usually only happens in very thin people, and bones are still visible on the surface of the skin, which also rarely happens in fat people.

the Michelin Man is better in some ways, but still not that great. it’s a slightly better attempt, but basically all that’s done there is taking a thin character and blowing them up, while giving no thought to fat distribution. the thigh gap is usually still present, and they look a lot more hard than soft - and fat is very soft and pliable.

here’s a chart on how fat usually distributes (if you can’t read my messy writing, “1. next to no fat, 2. moderate amount, 3. most of the fat distribution”). basically, the more muscle an area has, the more prone it is to develop fat, such as the abdomen, thighs, and upper arms. it’s important to note that fat sits on top of muscle, and that it does distribute in different levels, and not evenly across the body as shown in the Michelin Man. 

now, here’s an accurate fat body with all of that kept in mind!! notice how the fat isn’t only kept to aesthetically pleasing areas, and how it sits realistically on the character’s body. their breasts sag a lot more, which happens even in thin people with larger breasts, and the nipples are pointing more downwards than straight out. there is no thigh gap in sight, there are no bones in sight, and most importantly, they have fat rolls, which are very important in drawing a convincing fat character!! as far as i know i’ve never met a single person with no rolls at all, and everyone has them, whether thin or fat - they’re just more prominent and more consistently present in fat people. pay close attention to where they are and how they’re shaped.

here are a couple of drawings showing how fat is affected when sitting vs stretching. as seen in the first, the fat specifically on the stomach is distributed a lot more evenly and stretched out, so it becomes “flatter”. the love handles are still pretty visible, though, as well as the fat on the thighs and arms. the breasts are raised with the shoulders, and the fat on the shoulders and near the neck forms rolls as it’s being pushed together. 

in the second, there is a lot less room for distribution, so the fat is all pushed together. the breasts sag and the stomach forms rolls and spills into the lap. a good analogy for the way fat works is to liken it to a water balloon, and thinking of how its shape would change when resting flat on a surface, hanging off of a ledge, held upright, etc.

here are a few extra tips i find a lot of people miss!

first on the top is the hip/pubic region. the first circle is showing the way the bellybutton is folded in fat people, as opposed to stretched out in thinner people. the second is the stomach fat spilling over onto the pubic region and creating a separation in the two areas, which is something that’s missing in a lot of art. in addition, the pubic mound also gains fat, making it round as seen in the profile drawing i did up there (i’ve heard people refer to it as fupa?). the last in the hip region is the lack of a thigh gap. i can’t stress this enough!!!! if you’re trying to draw a convincing fat character, make sure their thighs are pretty much always touching!! for reference, mine literally don’t separate until my feet are about 2ft from each other.

the bottom right is showing the double chin, which a lot of people are afraid to draw!! fat does distribute itself here too, and there’s nothing wrong with it, so don’t feel like you shouldn’t give fat characters a double chin in your work for fear of it looking like a caricature.

in the bottom middle, it’s showing how fat affects different types of breasts with the presence of more or less breast tissue. 

lastly, at the very right are stretch marks with their usual locations and directions, which i also can’t stress enough!!!!! i sometimes forget to add them honestly, but they’re so important in accurately portraying fat characters, as they literally come from the skin being stretched from fat being gained (and they’re also just rlly neat lookin like why wouldn’t you lmao). some people have less and some people have more, feel free to experiment with them!

the last thing is body types!! there isn’t one single way for a person to be fat, so feel free to experiment with shapes once you’ve learned the basics!! 

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

in case you didn’t realize how bad my procrastination has been getting, this is a web thing i made earlier this year to help me be less lazy and get more things done. basically you click anywhere and it creates a new Task, which you can edit and set a cycle for - the idea is that you keep the page open in a tab somewhere, and whenever one of your tasks times down to 0, the whole page goes red and starts making a faint but annoying noise until you click on the task to reset it and go actually Do The Thing

this took me a couple days to hack together; unfortunately, as with everything i ever attempt, i somehow never found the energy to add the finishing touches and i’ve basically never really used the thing and it’s been sitting uselessly in a folder ever since

i decided to take a couple hours to finish this since i figured some people could use it

ever wanted to do some stuff? like, different stuff? tired of having to scroll through your huge ref tag? LOOK NO FURTHER!! Have a masterpost of LITERALLY EVERYTHING which took me 5 hours to make so reblog it

Art:

Painting tutorial

Female/male arms

Kneeling + Sitting ref

Dragon head view tutorial

SAI brushes 86786

Drawing expressions

Sai Brushes 1

NGE colour palette 1

100+ colour palletes

Avoiding same face

Face contours/highlighting 

free art MyPaint

Body anatomy help 1

How to shift images using blur in PS

Drawing clothe folding

How to draw ice

Colour palette 1

Colour palette 2

SAI brush settings 2

SAI/PS pixel brushes

Warm/Cool gray

Flower crown tutorial

Skin colour palette

Pink colour sheet

How to draw butts&thighs

The male torso

Drawing glowing stuff in SAI

Drawing horse/animal legs on humans

Drawing clouds

Muscular male with bow stock photos

Pastel colours

Drawing grass fields in SAI

Expressions&Legs

All about the human body

20+ colour palettes 

Colour conversion

Kissing ref

Creature design 

Colour meanings

Creating expression

Tutorial masterpost (100+)

Lineart

Canine

How to colour

Pose studies

Feline comparisons

How to draw penis

Leaf pressing

100+ anatomy references 

How to draw folds

SAI brushes 3

Sitting poses

Colour palette 4

Cloud painting

How to draw 3D rooms

Colour info

Colouring ref

Hair tutorial

Clothing ref

Bodies and poses

SAI brushes 5

Colour scheme designer

Folding ref

Heads&Angles 

Paint tool SAI masterpost

Drawing ref masterpost (10+)

Hair+Fur

How to draw faces

SAI brushes 4

Anatomy of mutant humans

What should I draw?

Free art software

pastel colour ref

Mass art ref

Soft SAI brushes

ways to draw stuff

SAI brush settings

baseball cap ref

Penis ref

Drawing human wings

Cool free art software

Huge art ref

Colour blender

2 SAI brushes

Photoshop for free 

Writing:

Inspiration 1

Instead of ‘whispered’

Music for writing fight scenes

Writing fantasy

Emotions vocab sheet

How to reveal character

Writers block resource

Writing a death scene

BIO help

Music to help you write

Writing prompt generators

Got writers block?

How to torture a character

Degrees of emotion

ULTIMATE writing ref, 500+

Character names

Body language

25 days of fic

HOW TO DRAW ANYTHING

Writing people of colour

nanowrimo start kit

character flaws

General: 

Becoming an adult masterpost

cute OTP things

Resource masterpost

For bored people

Anime + Manga recs

how to make a blanket nest

Getting an apartment

what should i read next?

If you’re bored

Delete tourists from photos

Cute pet nicknames

Family tree explained 

Pulling an all nighter 

masterpost of themes/pixels/emoticons

List of demon names

Demons & Deities in the bible

Moss graffiti 

Types of attraction

Trampoline = outside bed

College textbooks

God masterpost

Creepypasta

OTP necklaces

Super silky summer legs

Plastic keychains

How to write cover letters

make music on itunes sound great

Documentarys 

Classic lit

Makeup:

Black/gold ref 1

Cosplay eye makeup

Halloween eye gore makeup (tw eye gore)

Rotting skin halloween makeup

Eyeliner ref

bloody halloween nails

Gender:

Getting gender-neutral pronouns on facebook

Backgrounds:

Pokemon mystery dungeons iphone

Ghosty backgrounds 

Themes/pixel/backgrounds

Clothing: 

1000+ everything clothing ref

Awesome jackets

Cheer up/Be happy

If you’re having a bad night

Movies to watch when you’re down

Confidence

Sowing:

8ft giant squid pattern

Food:

Cheeseburger cupcakes

Deep-dish cookie for one

Exercise: 

Burning stomach fat

Games:

PokéRadar guide

Play pokémon games online

Pkmn Shiny hunting guide

Animal crossing new leaf face/hair guide

Free RPG games

Mental health:

indulge theme by obverse

FEATURES:

400px/250px posts

5 custom links, sidebar title + sidebar text

2 font options

dropdown bio and links

opt. tiny cursor & ask link

opt. black/white audio player

opt. sidebar image

opt. text/icon nav

opt. scroll to top button

opt. to show/hide tags and captions

opt. search box

customizable colors and more

please reblog/like if you like my theme. thank you and enjoy! more themes here.

A tip to my fellow editors:

Due to my LGBT+ positive content I often receive homophobic comments on Youtube, as well as the typical trolls, haters and spam. I am also a big sister to 4 young girls, whom all watch my videos (the ones that do not have an age limit that is) and read the comments under them. This is the main reason to why I want to have a safe and positive environment in my comment sections. 

But even though I read every single comment that I get, sometimes it can take me up to a week before I have the time to see some. That means that the meanest of comments can be public for anyone to see for a long time before I get the chance to remove it. But thankfully I do not have to deal with this anymore, thanks to a little feature that YouTube has but does not promote enough: The blacklisting setting. 

You simply write in the most harmful words that you can imagine, and Youtube will (98% or the time) find all comments with said words and put in a separate folder. The comments will not become public until you have approved them. 

Happy LGBT Movie Recommendations 

LGBT 8track playlists 

Comfort Food Recipes 

Mind-Numbing, Distracting Activities 

LGBT Book Recommendations 

LGBTWebcomics

QueerGraffiti

I’m From Driftwood, The LGBTQ Story Archive 

I also realize that this can be a really hard time for a lot of people. Here are some LGBT friendly hotlines:

(For ages 13-24) The Trevor Project: 1-866-4-U-TREVOR or online at www.thetrevorproject.com

THE GLBT National Help Center

Hotline: 1-888-THE-GLNH

Youth Talkline:  1-800-246-PRIDE

GLCCB has a good masterpost, but some of them are not national, so pay attention to locality

Additionally, here’s a list of 146 things you can do instead of self-harming, because I know that things like this can be extremely upsetting.

I spent the last couple hours compiling this list. It is by no means the entirety of trans women/trans feminine folks on Bandcamp, it’s just the ones I could find. Reblog it, add to it, buy their music. Lich Witch House/IDM

Jane Doe and the Misery Loves Co Folk Punk

Ashby and the Oceanns Folk/Punk/Indie

Bella Trout Folk/Punk/Indie

Little Waist Punk/Pop Punk

Hazagussa Black Metal/Noise Metal

Lyskoi - Alyssa Kai Folk/Folk Punk   -Do not know for sure how Alyssa identifies, but there’s a good chance that Alyssa fits here.

Calliope Wong Instrumental/Classical/Electronic/Noise

Venus Selenite Spoken Word

Stars on a Bedroom’s Wall Tremendously Varied

Trrtle Nation Experimental Electro Noise

Ellie Rose Instrumental Synthpop

Skeletor Rising Electronic Harsh Noise

Hot Noisy Mess Electronic Harsh Noise/Experimental

Mya Byrne Folk/Americana

Pain Wife Electronic Harsh Noise/Death Industrial

Bog Witch Doom Noise/Noise Metal

Virtual Intelligence Cyber-Goth/Industrial/Neon Metal

Through Waves World Fusion/Darkwave

Ellah a Thaun Lyrical Dissonance

Toxic Delirium Gutter Punk/Noise Grunge

HIRS Speedcore/Thrash/Grind

Noize Pervertz Harsh Noise

pinkclaws Ambient Electropop

Wet Dress Punk

Noel'le Longhaul Experimental/Folk/Indie

Mallory Folk/Folk Punk

Knight of Swords Gothic Rock

Listen Lady Indie/Punk

blacksquares Alternative/Electro Pop

Cate Wurtz Lo-Fi Electronic

Lauren Bousfield Electronic

Dingo Experimental/Ambient Arcane Electronic

Computer Vs World Chiptune Synthpop/Electronic

Svetlana Synthpop/Chiptune

She/Her/Hers Folk Punk

hopeinthestatic Lo-fi Folk Punk

hearken ambient drone/glitch/punk

Violent Pastels Crossover Thrash

Mean Girls Screamo/Emo/Pop Punk

Recurse Witch House/Ambient/Industrial

Hoity~Toity Old-School Pop Punk/Punk

a glass box Punk/Emo/Grunge

Tall Girl Metal/Basement Punk/Grunge

CRISSY BELL Art Rock/Goth Pop

Infantile Dissention Anarcho-Punk/Crust Punk

White Mascara Anarcho Post-Punk

Bümflap Feminist Loser Punk

bedroom pop, “emo”

clover & sealife and space boyfriend

electronic, chiptune

4lung

edm, experimental, high energy

nicky flowers

electronic, synthwave

Last Words First

punk/post-punk, grunge, rock

Ramona Andra Xavier (Vektroid, Macintosh Plus